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Droo Orbital Velocity


 3.3 years ago

What is the Orbital velocity of droo at 100km and 200km circular orbits?

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    @sflanker Thank You!

    3.3 years ago
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    Mod sflanker

    See this Google Doc I wrote.

    tldr; for a stable circular orbit v = √( μ / r ) where μ = G * M where G is the universal gravitational constant (6.67384e-11), M is the mass of the planet (2.38e23 kg for Droo) and r is the orbital radius (planetary sea level radius + altitude above sea level).

    • 100 km - √( (6.67384e-11 * 2.38e23) / (1.2742e6 + 100000) ) = 3400
    • 200 km - √( (6.67384e-11 * 2.38e23) / (1.2742e6 + 200000) ) = 3282
    +5 3.3 years ago

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